Sachini Nisansala
{{short description|Sri Lankan cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sachini Nisansala
| female = true
| image =
| caption =
| full_name=Sachini Nisansala Lakshitha
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|11|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rathgama, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox
| role = Bowler
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2022–present
| country = Sri Lanka
| odidebutdate = 3 June
| odidebutyear = 2022
| odidebutagainst = Pakistan
| odicap = 73
| lastodidate = 21 June
| lastodiyear = 2024
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| T20Idebutdate = 18 January
| T20Idebutyear = 2022
| T20Idebutagainst = Scotland
| T20Icap = 50
| lastT20Idate = 28 May
| lastT20Iyear = 2022
| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan
| T20Ishirt = 11
| club1 = Seenigama
| year1 = {{nowrap|2016/17–present}}
| club2 = Dambulla District
| year2 = {{nowrap|2018/19}}
| club3 = Kandy District
| year3 = {{nowrap|2019/20–present}}
| columns = 2
| column1 = WODI
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 2
| bat avg1 = 2.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 2*
| deliveries1 = 89
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 15.80
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/28
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| column2 = WT20I
| matches2 = 5
| runs2 = –
| bat avg2 = –
| 100s/50s2 = –
| top score2 = –
| deliveries2 = 109
| wickets2 = 3
| bowl avg2 = 30.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/10
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/924289.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 23 June
| year = 2024
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{SRI}}}}
{{MedalSport|Women's Cricket}}
{{MedalCompetition|South Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Women's Asia Cup}}
{{Medal|W|2024 Sri Lanka|}}
}}
Sachini Nisansala Lakshitha (born 11 November 2001) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.{{Cite web |title=Sachini Nisansala profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/sachini-nisansala-924289 |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} She plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batter.
Career
In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad ahead of the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Women's CricZone |title=Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers |url=https://womenscriczone.com/sri-lanka-announce-17-member-squad-for-icc-world-cup-qualifiers |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=Women's CricZone |language=en}} but was yet to play a match before the tournament abruptly ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |title=Women's World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe called off following concerns over new Covid-19 variant |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-world-cup-qualifier-2021-22-in-zimbabwe-called-off-following-concerns-over-new-covid-19-variant-1291300 |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} She made her Women's Twenty20 International debut at the age of 20, in the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier against Scotland on 18 January 2022. She took two wickets and enacted a run-out in that match.{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of SL Women vs Scot Women 2nd Match 2021/22 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-women-in-malaysia-2021-22-1296020/scotland-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-2nd-match-1296028/full-scorecard |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} The captain Chamari Athapaththu won the Player of the Match award, however she handed it to the debutant Nisansala.{{Cite web |last=Vasudevan |first=Estelle |date=18 January 2022 |title=Nisansala impresses on debut; Athapaththu flattens Scotland |url=https://www.thepapare.com/commonwealth-games-qualifier-2022-sri-lanka-womens-vs-scotland-womens-match-report/ |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=ThePapare.com |language=en}} Nisansala took one further wicket in her remaining three matches of that tournament.{{Cite web |title=Bowling records {{!}} Women's Twenty20 Internationals {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/924289.html?class=10;template=results;type=bowling;view=series |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=Cricinfo}}
She plays domestic cricket for Seenigama Women and Kandy District Women.{{Cite web |title=SLC Womens Division One Tournament 2022 - Cricket live Scores, Matches, Fixtures, Teams, Result, Stats, Points Table and news - CricHeroes |url=https://cricheroes.in/tournament/394804/SLC-Womens-Division-One-Tournament-2022 |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=cricheroes.in}}{{Cite web |title=Player Profile: Sachini Nisansala |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1916/1916242/1916242.html |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=CricketArchive}} She was the fourth highest wicket taker in the 2021–22 Sri Lanka Women's Division One Tournament, with 16 wickets at an average of 10.44.{{Cite web |title=SLC Womens Division One Tournament 2022 - Cricket live Scores, Matches, Fixtures, Teams, Result, Stats, Points Table and news - CricHeroes |url=https://cricheroes.in/tournament/394804/SLC-Womens-Division-One-Tournament-2022 |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=cricheroes.in}} In May 2022, she was named in the ODI and T20I squads for the series against Pakistan.{{Cite web |date=11 May 2022 |title=Sri Lanka Women’s squad for tour of Pakistan |url=https://srilankacricket.lk/2022/05/sri-lanka-womens-squad-for-tour-of-pakistan/}}{{Cite web |title=Sri Lanka announce 15-member squad for white-ball tour of Pakistan |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2613190 |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}} She made her Women's One Day International debut in the second match of the series on 3 June 2022.{{Cite web |title=2nd ODI, Karachi, June 03, 2022, Sri Lanka Women tour of Pakistan (Hansima Karunaratne 25*, Prasadani Weerakkody 8*, Ghulam Fatima 0/5) - Live, PAK-W vs SL-W, 2nd ODI, live score, 2022 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-women-in-pakistan-2022-1310976/pakistan-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-2nd-odi-1310985/live-cricket-score |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://srilankacricket.lk/2024/09/sri-lanka-squad-for-the-icc-womens-t20-world-cup-2024/ |title=Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 |work=Sri Lanka Cricket |access-date=3 October 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=924289}}
{{Sri Lanka Squad 2024 Women's Asia Cup}}
{{Sri Lanka Squad 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nisansala, Sachini}}
Category:Cricketers from Galle
Category:Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers
Category:Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers